A Mississippi Lawmaker Calls For The Lynching Of Leaders Who Approved NOLA Confederate Monument Removal

Karl Oliver, a Mississippi lawmaker who serves in the state legislature, responded to the removal of several Confederate-era memorials and statues in New Orleans with a rather volatile Facebook post on Saturday. The state representative railed against the procedures in Louisiana and promised his constituents he would “do all in my power to prevent this from happening in our State.” However, what caught readers’ eyes in particular was a not-so-veiled threat Oliver made against the New Orleans leadership, whom he apparently thinks should be “lynched.”

The destruction of these monuments, erected in the loving memory of our family and fellow Southern Americans, is both heinous and horrific. If the, and I use this term extremely loosely, “leadership” of Louisiana wishes to, in a Nazi-ish fashion, burn books or destroy historical monuments of OUR HISTORY, they should be LYNCHED! Let it be known, I will do all in my power to prevent this from happening in our State.

A white supremacist in Maryland stabbed a black Army officer to death in the street in a random, unprovoked attack. You won’t hear a peep about it from the usual suspects. But if a liberal anywhere throws a brick through a Starbucks window, that’s all you’ll fucking hear about.

I guess it doesn’t get that hot in the Deep South, because I see a lot of snowflakes in that picture! (Hey, am I using that word right?)

If these monuments’ defenders are so hell-bent on keeping these things erect, then instead of taking them down I propose the following:

1. Each memorial statue must have a new plaque installed at its base, with a condescending message engraved on it like: “Well, The Important Thing Is You Tried, Bubba.”
2. Any Confederate general or politician’s likeness must now include a statue of Frederick Douglass putting his foot in their ass. Alternate statue: Harriet Tubman sneaking slaves behind their backs, with a word balloon that reads, “You wouldn’t rat us out, would you?”
3. Alternate plaques for each general/politician: “We’re Probably Burning In Hell Right Now,” “Beloved By White Trash Everywhere,” “It’s Good That We Lost. And Make No Mistake, We Got Our Asses Kicked.”